The RIAA/MPAA lobby machine will start working against this bill and one of two things will happen, it will fail miserably or it will be so watered down as to be unrecognizable and worse will do exactly opposite of its original intent.
All I have to say is, About F*cking Time. Other than Apple and Gateway, the Tech industry has been way too quiet on this subject. This gave the impression a $300B/Year industry was letting a $30B/year industry push it around simply because they didn't want to soil thier hands with politics.
You are right, nothing stops this from happening with absentee ballots. However absentee ballots, as of right now make up a fairly small percentage of votes. If internet voting became wide spread, the problems I discussed might become widespread as well.
You missed my point somewhat. At least with public polling places, individual voters can be protected. The abused wifes husband won't know for sure who she voted for, yes she will get beatup anyway, but at least she got to vote the way she wanted. Yes the union can send thugs to stand outside the polling place, but once you are inside, you can vote anyway you want and they have no way of knowing either way. You are probably right about voting from work, but honestly how many people will do it just for the ease of doing it ? Probably quite a few.
Simply put there is no way to protect from direct voter tampering. Whats to keep an abusive husband from forcing his wife to vote his way. Whats to stop Unions from setting up there own Internet connected voting places where they can stand over peoples shoulders. Or what if someone decides to vote from work and thier conservative boss walks up behind them and notices they are voting Democrat. Nope, bad idea.
It is not the responsibility of MS to be aware of the laws of each of the 50 states,
You are wrong, it is Microsofts responsibility to know the laws of the states it does business in, just as you are required to know the laws of the state you live in. I am sure you have heard the old saying "Ignorance of the law is no excuse".
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The RIAA/MPAA lobby machine will start working against this bill and one of two things will happen, it will fail miserably or it will be so watered down as to be unrecognizable and worse will do exactly opposite of its original intent.
All I have to say is, About F*cking Time. Other than Apple and Gateway, the Tech industry has been way too quiet on this subject. This gave the impression a $300B/Year industry was letting a $30B/year industry push it around simply because they didn't want to soil thier hands with politics.
You are right, nothing stops this from happening with absentee ballots. However absentee ballots, as of right now make up a fairly small percentage of votes. If internet voting became wide spread, the problems I discussed might become widespread as well.
You missed my point somewhat. At least with public polling places, individual voters can be protected. The abused wifes husband won't know for sure who she voted for, yes she will get beatup anyway, but at least she got to vote the way she wanted. Yes the union can send thugs to stand outside the polling place, but once you are inside, you can vote anyway you want and they have no way of knowing either way. You are probably right about voting from work, but honestly how many people will do it just for the ease of doing it ? Probably quite a few.
Simply put there is no way to protect from direct voter tampering. Whats to keep an abusive husband from forcing his wife to vote his way. Whats to stop Unions from setting up there own Internet connected voting places where they can stand over peoples shoulders. Or what if someone decides to vote from work and thier conservative boss walks up behind them and notices they are voting Democrat. Nope, bad idea.
The upside to this is at least a line has been drawn now and both the Media companies and Congress know another extension will be opposed.
Unlike Linux, Windows runs all the software you want, supports all the hardware you want and it's free -- -- get it from usenet or from a friend.
Excuse me, but isn't this Unethical, Illegal and Immoral ?
It is not the responsibility of MS to be aware of the laws of each of the 50 states,
You are wrong, it is Microsofts responsibility to know the laws of the states it does business in, just as you are required to know the laws of the state you live in. I am sure you have heard the old saying "Ignorance of the law is no excuse".